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CRANBERRIES
THE NATIONAL CRANBERRY MAGAZINE
Volume 46, No. 1 January 1982
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Chet& Shirley...6
1981 production
lower than 80
The 1981 crop of cranberries during harvest. Few berries were
in the U.S. is expected to total lost to frost damage, although
2.7 million barrels, 1 percent less more than the usual amount was
than the 1980 crop. water harvested. Size, especially
During October, prospects of Early Blacks, was small.
held steady in Massachusetts The USDA's three year
and Wisconsin but declined 4 comparison follows:
percent each in New Jersey, Massachusetts-1979, 1,080,000
Oregon and Washington. barrels; 1980, 1,185,000; 1981,
Berry size was reported to 1,180,000.
be good in Wisconsin but smaller New Jersey-1979, 253,000;
than normal in New Jersey. 1980, 245,000; 1981, 220,000. MICHAEL J. SHEA has been
The above report was made Oregon-1979, 94,500; 1980, promoted to corporate controller
by the USDA's New England Crop 83,500; 1981,96,000. of Ocean Spray Cranberries.
and Livestock Reporting Service. Washington-1979, 147,000; Shea joined the cooperative as
The 1981 Massachusetts 1980, 104,000; 1981, 127,000. internal auditor in '78 and most
cranberry crop is expected to Wisconsin-1979, 901,000; recently was assistant corporate
total 1,180,000 barrels, the
sameas the October 1 forecast
same as the October 1 forecast
1980, 1,080,000; 1981, 1,035,000.
Tell your grower friends about
controller. Before joining Ocean
Spray, he held senior accountingpositions with Touche oss &
and 5,000 barrels smaller than CRANBERRIES-only $8 a year Co. and Deloitee, Haskins and
the record high 1980 crop. Sells.
Growers had good weather
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Block cites concern
over marketing orders
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Block said the review team's returns to crop growers and by
John R. Block isn't unqualifiedly report indicates marketing orders providing quality assurance to
happy about the nation's 47 fruit have potential for increasing buyers.
and vegetable marketing orders, economic efficiency by stabilizing (continued on page 12)
one of which covers the cranberry
industry. *
"Four provisions of market-* T n
ing orders give me particular au t Ic OO
concern," Block said. "Producer *
allotments, which restrict entry 22 Acres of
of new producers into commodity
industries; prorates, which restrict
Prime CranberryBogs
the quantity of a commodity
that each handler may ship to
market over a stated time period;bt I s
reserve pools, whereby portions
of a commodity are held backt .
from primary markets for laters
sale, diverted to secondary
markets or disposed of in G S
non-fooduses; and qualitypro-v
visions, which may possibly ben.
misused as non-tariff trade
barriers."
Block made the remarks after
a report on marketing orders was
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Thanks for freedom
Appraisals
The plight of a young woman in the Soviet Union may seem DOU A R AT
remote from the concerns of a cranberry grower in the U.S. but
their lives are such striking opposites that chords of a dark, miasmic E. Sandwich, Mass
nature must be stirred in the grower's mind, reminding him of what 02537
existence must be like in the underbelly of totalitarianism and (617) 888-1288
oppression.
The woman is Yelizaveta Alekseyeva, daughter-in-law of
Soviet scientist and dissident Andrei D. Sakharov. Her desire CRANBERRIE
seems simple enough. She wants to join her husband, a student
at Brandeis University. Soviet authorities won't grant her an exit
visa. THE NA TIONA L CRANBERR Y
,\~~~~~~~~~~~visa. , .MA GA ZINE
How foreign and evil this must seem to the average grower,
whose life is, in many respects, a symbol of freedom. He had the VOLUME 46-NO.
freedom to choose his vocation. He has the freedom to buy or Jorreondene
sell his acreage. To profit from the fruits of his labors. He has P Box 249
the freedom to sell his bogs in Massachusetts and buy some in P Bo 4
Washington if he wants. The Russian citizen is required to have Cobalt CT 06414
the approval of his government if he wants to move from Moscow Phone: (203) 342-4730
to Leningrad. The cranberry grower can choose to join a cooperative Bob Taylor, Publisher/Editor
or go it alone. He can even choose to give it all up and go to the ADVISORS, CORRESPONDENTS
Soviet Union and nobody is going to say, No, you can't do that. MASSACHUSETTS-Dr. Chester E.
No, you don't have to be a jingoist, or even to like Al Haig, ross, Director, Retired, Massachuetts
Cranberry Experiment Station; Irving
to hope intensely that the Russian people-who, like all people, Demoranville, Extension Cranberry
are fine, fine people-one day will shout, "Enough," and remove Specialist, Mass. Cranberry Station;
~~~~~~~~~~~~their~Carolynchains. Caldwell, Rochester.
~NEW'
~~~their ~~c~~hain~~s~~. JERSEY-Philip E.Marucci,
Cranberry and Blueberry Specialist,
(As we were going to press, there were reports that the Soviets Cranberry and Blueberry Laboratory,
might allow Ms. Alekseyeva to leave, which only goes to prove that Chatsworth; Elizabeth M Carpenter,
while Soviet authorities may never be moved by right, justice or NOVA SCOTIA-I.V. Hall, Botanist,
principle, they can be swayed by an outraged and horrified world Research tation, Kentville.
public opinion.) OREGON-Arthur Poole, Coos
County Extension Agent, Coquille.
WASHINGTON-Azmi Y. Shawa,
OCEAN SPRAY NAMES Van de Kamps Frozen Foods, will Horticulturist and Extension Agent in
include Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Horticulture, Coastal Wash. Res. and
FOUR SALES MANAGERS Norfolkburg. Ext, Unit, Long Beach.
Bruce Culbert, John W. Emerson, u LEMAAE Norfolkand Planer, Farm
Harrisburg. W ISCONSI N-Tod D.
Leoni, who comes from A.E. Staley Management Agent, Wood County;
Mark Leoni and Richard W. Murray Mfg. Co., will cover the Mid-Central Joan E. Humphrey, Friendship.
recently were named regional sales Region, which includes Kansas City,
managers by Ocean Spray Cranberries. St. Louis, Denver, Des Moines, Omaha CRANBERRIES is published monthly
Culbert, who comes to Ocean and Sioux Falls. by the Taylor Publishing Co., Wellwyn
Spray from the Joan of Arc Co. in Murray joined Ocean Spray in '79 Drive, Portland CT 06480. Second
acksonville, class postage is paid at the Portland,
Fla., has been apporinted
Jacksonville, Fla., has been appointed and has been sales manager in the Conn., Post Office. Price is $8 a year,
sales manager for the Miami, Tampa, Cleveland-Buffalo-Syracuse-Pittsburgh $15 for two years, 80 cents a copy in
Jacksonville and Mobile, Ala., markets. area.Hellcover th L Athe U.S.;$ 9 a year in Canada; $10 a
The territory of Emerson, who Phoenix markets. year in all other countries. Copyright
The territory Phoenix markets. 1981 by Taylor Publishing.
previously was zone sales manager for SS N: 0011-0787
ISSN : 0 0 1 1-0 7 8 7
Crosses pick bog over
being 'out to pasture'
THE DRS. CROSS peruse a much leafed copy of-what else?-Gray's
"Manual of Botany." (CRANBERRIES photo by Carolyn Caldwell)
By CAROLYN CALDWELL
Retirement for Dr. Chester
"Chet" Cross, longtime director
of the Massachusetts Cranberry
Experiment Station, has not
meant the end of his growing
seasons.
Far from it.
For the Cross family as a
whole, involvement with the
cranberry industry has meant
more even than Chet's leading
role as professor and director
of the experiment facility in
East Wareham. Last season,
nine family members, including
three sons, three daughters-in-
law and three grandchildren,
traveled from Bolivia, Los Angeles
and Philadelphia to join in on the
42nd harvest of what Chet refers
to as "my wife's bog."
The Cross sons-Peter, Chris
and Tim-supervised the dry
picking of their mother's 7 acre
bog in Sandwich.
Chet's wife, Shirley, the Ocean
Spray member of the family, said:
"(The boys) keep the picking
machines running all day nonstop.
All they want to know is what's
for supper.
"My wife's bog" has provided
Dr. Cross with bountiful amounts
of anecdotal material for the
captivating talks he gives on the
industry.
"We experiment on it, too;
especially some of the more
fantastic ideas," Shirley said.
When Shirley first acquired
the bog, which is situated 2 miles
from the Cross home in Sandwich,
it was pumped by a 1.5 hp
Fairbanks-Morse one cylinder
engine that made loud BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM noises.
"Each flywheel weighed 400
pounds," Shirley said. "It was a
make and break system . . . and it
was mostly break. It's marvelous not
having to sit up with the thing
all night."
Now modernized, the bog
today is equippedwaith electric
pumps and an electronic
temperature alarm wired into a
nearby cranberry grower's home.
COMMENTING on the modern P B
cranberry industry, Chet is quick
to remind growers that while "it
has all come up roses for the last
four years, for the prior 34 years
we produced more than we could
sell."
Director of the Cranberry
Experiment Station from 1952
to 1981, Chet says the station's
continuing role should be "to
improve the agricultural
technology of cranberry
cultivation" while making
certain that that technology is
not injurious to the enviroment.
As for his own accomplishments
while director, he modestly
extends credit to his "topnotch
staff." And he compliments his
wife for "keeping me from making
mistakes."
"Her qualifications are the
same as mine," Chet says.
His PhD is in biology, Shirley "CHET," as his friends call him, makes an emphatic point.
has one in botany. (CRANBERRIES photo by Carolyn Caldwell)
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of agriculture, was its chairman Office
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for a decade. SEVERAL THINGS are clear
Four years ago, she organized about the Crosses' future. One is
a group of cranberry growers' that they'll continue working their
wives to stage a cranberry exhibit bog. Another is that Chet will
in the Massachusetts building at remain a major voice in agriculture
the Eastern States Exposition in and the cranberry industry. And
Springfield, Mass. Shirley already is making plans
"It's awfully hard for cranberry for next season's Expo.
people to put up an exhibit there As for traveling (they've been
when they are all harvesting," to Nepal, Ireland and Eastern
Shirley said. "I got together with Europe), a big adventure lies
Jean Gibbs. Then we got funding ahead. Thanks to a retirement
from all' the handlers." gift by the Cape Cod Cranberry
"Someone has to be a spark-Growers Assn. of two round trip
plug and there's no sparkplug tickets, they'll be heading for La
like my wife," Chet commented. Paz, Brazil, where they'll visit son
According to Shirley, a million Peter and his family.
people file past the cranberry The trip probably will take --! -i exhibit
at the Expo every season. place at the end of the rainy
More common than any single season in March, a good time for
query she gets, she says, are hiking and seeing the Andean flora, WALTER A. HEPNER JR has
remarks by the visitors about say Chet and Shirley. R A. H R J hs
the medicinal benefits of drinking been promoted to senior vice
cranberry juice. Although the Subscribe to president, manufacturing by
industry hasn't promoted this CRANBERRIES-Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc.
aspect of the cranberry, the idea Only $8 a Year He joined the cooperative in
apparently is as ingrained in the 1970 as area manager, Midwest.
public mind as is the concept w iti fifiiiiifiiii,',ii(!iiiiitiIfi t tiiiiiiit'tfti ttlllllliiiiiiitiitiiiiiiiiiffit
that vitamin C prevents colds.
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IF ANYONE is qualified to C I
look into a crystal ball and see ,_
the future of the cranberry
industry, it is Chet.
He says: "It seems to me the
future of the industry still is in ~ the
hands of the cranberry
growers. This is precisely what E
Marcus Urann (first president of
Cranberry Canners, forerunner 5 ---. .. .. =
of Ocean Spray) wanted it to Credit. .. Plus!
be .. grower control of the
crop until it hits the market,
grower control through coop-A
eration ... it seems to me the ^ l
future is bright."
In agricultural production, cran-I
berries are second only to apples n v es
in Massachusetts.
"We used to jockey back and requires solid financing ... and that's our spe
forth with apples," Chet remarked. cialty. Credit for equipment, land, buildings . all
"... some growers seem to think X
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~a.~ McMillan said nearly 71 percent
Cape Cod growers
Increase asessmens
The board of directors of the
Cape Cod Cranberry Growers
Assn. voted at its recent meeting
to increase the membership
assessment from 2 to 3 cents
per barrel.
"Association expenses in
general have increased gradually
so that our funds have eroded
to a dangerous level," said Clark
Griffith, president. "Increases
have been felt in the frost warning
service, the annual meeting,
postage and other general
expenses."
Douglas Beaton agreed to head
the advisory committee.
A constitution and bylaw
study committee was appointed
to look at the bylaws which last
wereto , which lst
look at the b
were printed in 1939.
The board expressed concern
about the future financing of the
cranberries exhibit at the Spring-
field Exposition, since probably
matching funds from the state
no longer will be available.
"We need to have more money
to insure a continued solid finan-
cial base for the promotional
effort," says Griffith.
Dr. Bert Zuckerman presented
a report on his studies of new
fungicides and ice nucleation,
which indicated that fruit rot
and possibly frost injury may be
reduced.
MARKETING ORDER
BACKED BY
ORANGE GROWERS
California and Arizona navel
orange growers have voted over-
whelmingly to continue the federal
marketing order which covers the
handling of their crop, reports
U.S. Assistant Secretary of Agri^"^^^
A 4w4s'a
of all eligible growers voted in a
USDA referendum Oct. 14-24. About
91 percent of the producers-account-
ing for 81 percent of the navel orange
rendum-wanted the order
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MassachusettS s tative growth between bogs, and areas
By IRVING DEMO RANAMVILLE of the same bog, is evident and was the November was cold, averaging 2.4
IKVING DEMORANVILLE degrees a day below normal.
factor in determining yield, color and
November 30, 1981-The end of a facrif berini This makes it another cold autumn
career. Drr. Chester E.. Cross officially
retired after 40 years of service, 29 of
those years as head of the Cranberry
Experiment Station. 3
What can one say when writing
about a man that you have known and i 5
worked with for 30 years; including a ve Fi
sharing hotel rooms at meetings,
sharing rides in cars, airplanes, trains
and buses, having innumerable lunches
together and the million and one ^ A E VE
other things that come up in the daily =T
routine?
He is a friend of the cranberry
grower; in fact, a friend to all
agriculture. Although he has been
called "a tool of the chemical
th o
cad "a to Drag Line, Clam Shell, Pembroke, Mass.
companies" by unknowing critics, g Pembroke, Mass.
he is an avid outdoorsman and lover Land Clearing, Water 293-2976
of the environment. He knows what Holes Dug
the environment is all about.
On countless occasions, he has
told about the number of baby ducks
in his bog reservoir, the number of
eggs in a quail nest by the bog, the
various birds at his feeder by his
kitchen window and how the patch
of lady's-slippers in his pine grove
has increased over the years. MB l ^
Dr. Chester Cross is all of these t rl J
and much more but I think it is best
summed up by saying-He is my friend.
**** ROBERT NIEMI
The USDA crop estimate for Nov. 1
shows Massachusetts holding at 1,180,-ELECTRICAL CONT RACTORS
000 barrels. This is the same as the
August and October estimates and is
probably a little high, perhaps by HEAT, LIGHT and POWER WIRING
50-60,000 barrels. All other producing
areas were down slightly, except for RESIDENTIAL i
Wisconsin, which remained the same.
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In June, bogs were drenched with
abnormal precipitation of 6.67 inches, Robert Niemi Pinehurst Dr. Wareham, Mass.
compared to an average of 2.69 inches ________
for us, now four in succession and order, by: headed by USDA staff economist
eight of the past 10. Maximum 1-Pack and container Richard Heifner, examined market-
temperature was 68 degrees on the standardization. ing orders in light of changes that
2nd and minimum was 20 degrees 2-Grade, size and maturity have occurred recently in economic
on the 24th. The only warmer than standards, particularly those that conditions and philosophy.
average days were the 2nd through remain essentially the same from The team's report addresses the
6th and the 9th. Colder than year to year. likely effects of four major options:
average days were the 7th, 10th, 12th-4-Prorate regulations controlling 1-Continuing the programs as
16th, 21st-26th and 28th-30th. rate of flow during only part of the they are.
Precipitation, all in the form of season and reserve pools that are 2-Eliminating them but not
rain, totaled 4.73 inches, which is used for storing commodities for substituting new federal programs.
just a little above normal. There was later return to the market. 3-Replacing them with other
precipitation on 10 days with 2.94 4-Market allocation and full programs designed to overcome some
inches occurring from the 14th-17th season prorate provisions. of the same marketing problems.
as the greatest storm. We are now 5-Provisions that allot market 4-Changing individual marketing
4/4 inches below normal for 1981 shares among producers. orders to focus on those provisions
but 71/4 inches ahead of 1980. The five member review team, which contribute most to efficiency
I.E.D.
NOVA SCOTIA
The first major frost of the season
occurred on the evening of Oct. 12.
WISCONSIN CRANBERRYWISCONSIN CRANBERR
The month was characterized by cool,
wet weather, in contrast to the warm,
dry weather of September. Early
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indications pointed to a substantially *
EVITAL * SOLO · DIOUATA I
increased production of cranberries
.. ^ c• •.01in Nova Scotia in '81. 2-4-D * DOWPON * ETHREL
We were still green in early SEVIN * PARATHION · GUTHION * DIAZINON
November in Nova Scotia but we had K OCI D E * F O LIT A N F E R B A M
several frosty mornings. Harvesting COPPER SULFATE PR I NCEP
operations were nearly complete.The
color of fresh berries was good but Cole Chemical Supply
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October was -4.0 Celius (28 F) on P. BX 721 MADISON WISCONSIN 53707
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more than the 50 year average of 98.3.
l.V.H.
BLOCK CITES... M. C.
(continued from page 3)
He said the report also indicates,
' Speciiing in° "^B^ Specializing in
however, that if marketing orders Agricultural Construction
limit quantities of commodities in
one or more outlets, they may Fumes
impose inefficiencies on the
production and marketing system.
Block said he will soon
announce guidelines for existing
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and future federal fruit, vegetable MERT HOWES Ditch
and specialty crop orders, then 295-5542 Dikes
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THE TEAM'S REPORT describes W. WAREHAM MASS
research provisions of marketing
orders as the most likely to contribute 02576
to economic efficiency.
This is followed, in descending l
12
and productivity. used to finance research to improve Copies of the report are available
The report said marketing order production and marketing, as well as from the AMS Information Division,
provisions that allocate products to market development activities and Room 2638-S, USDA, Washington,
markets or regulate the flow of crops advertising. D.C. 20250.
to market throughout the season have
little positive effect on overall economic
efficiency and may actually have a
negative impact. However, the report
said, these provisions, "when used J I;p
infrequently... may be justified EI ER EARTHMOVING INC.
as a 'safety-valve' to protect growers
from disastrously low prices."
Provisions that allot market shares
among producers are generally the
most likely to detract from economic
efficiency, according to the report,
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carry some stabilization benefits." AT
Marketing orders are designed
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Marketing Service and affected
producers to help overcome specific Land Clearing
marketing problems. Marketing Canal Work
orders may regulate the quality and Flume Setting
sizes of the commodity marketed, the
quantity, or both. Unlike many Pond Construction
government regulations imposed on Contact: Ditching
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CRANBERRY-CHEESE
Ridge Dr., Wareham, Mass., THE 1981 OCEAN SPRAY Salute to American Food Award was
won best of show at the presented recently by Patrick M. McCarthy (second from left),
Massachusetts Cranberry group vice president/operations. Holding their awards are, left
Festival in the category to right, Larry Forgione, executive chef, the River Cafe, Brooklyn,
titled "Any Other Imaginative N.Y.; Christian DeVos, executive chef, Jared Coffee House,
Way of Using Cranberries in Nantucket, Mass., and Charles A. Bell, executive vice president,
Everyday Cookery." Hilton International. The presentation followed an All-American
CRUST dinner prepared by the honorees and several other American chefs.
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11/4 cups flour
WITH M.I.S. DIVISION
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and cut into 3 inch circles or squares. seal together with a fork. Bake on within the Management Information
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1 cup commercial cranberry-orange brown. Makes approximately 18 Godfrey, who joined the coopera
relish cpcmcanapes. tive more than 14 years ago as a
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promoted to manager, technical support.
Modestino, who joined Ocean Spray
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iiii!' ':!i<:iii:;: : ""'"''"'/~ i!~:~.;! ' "~~'..has been named manager, financial
ri-^ :'systems development.
The appointments dovetail with an
extensive revamping of Ocean Spray's
.. computing operations. New equipment
jC^"i ^~~( j~ "~ and programs have been installed that
Membes will provide more immediate access to
Members more detailed information both at the.4\^ ~Since 1933 the SIPC
of . corporate headquarters in Plymouth,
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GENERAL
536 Volume 1, Number 1-Cranberries Magazine (Reprint) .... ... ....... .. 1.00
1065 Our Changing Value in Cranberry Culture ...... ................... 1.50
1066 Early History of Massachusetts State Cranberry Bog . ....... . ....... 1.25
1166 New Jersey Research Center at Oswego . ............... ......... 1.50
1266 Whitesbog, New Jersey .................................... 1.50
867 Cranberry Growing in Washington . ............................ 1.50
568 New Direction in Harvesting Techniques ................... ....... 1.50
668 New Variety in Nova Scotia ................................ 1.50
768a History of Cranberry Industry in Wisconsin ............... ...... . 1.75
969 Operation and Maintenance of Darlington Picking Machine ......... . . 1.75
969a Operation and Maintenance of Western Picking Machine . ............... 1.25
570 Cranberries Greeted our Forefathers ................... ......... 1.25
870 Pesticides and Progress .................................... 1.50
671 Christmas Trees-A Cash Crop ............................... 2.00
871 Another Point of View Concerning Pesticides ....................... 1.50
472a Federal Examiner says DDT Not Environmental Threat ......... ....... 1.25
572 Banning DDT is a Big Mistake ................................ 2.00
975 DDT Ban Justified According to New EPA Report .. . ................. 1.25
1175 Rebuttal to "DDT Ban Justified" . ............................. 1.25
TECHNICAL
864 Casoron and Weed Control in Cranberries ......................... 1.25
265 Evaluation of Newer Fungicides in Massachusetts .......................... 1.25
265a Application of Granular Herbicides ............................. 1.25
365 Fertilizer Requirements of Cranberries .. . . ........... .. ..... 1.25
465 Encouraging the Bumble Bee in Washington ................... .. ... 1.25
565 Research and Problems in Weed Control in Wisconsin .............. . . 1.50
865 New Cranberry Varieties for Processing .... ..................... . 1.25
1165 Observations on-the Symptoms and Control of Cranberry Red-Gall Disease . . . . .1.25
166 Cranberry Pollination ................. .. . . . ........ . 1.25
266 Casoron Retention in Cranberry Soils ....................... 1.25
666 Progress Report of Trace Elements Studies on Cranberries . ..... ...... .. 1.25
766 Objective Measures to Determine Cranberry Yields ................... 1.25
866 Cranberry Speckling Can be Controlled ... ....................... 1.25
167 Telephone Frost Warning Device .............................. 1.75
167a Cranberry Ring Spot Disease Injuring Searles Variety . . . 1.25
367 Cranberry Vine Injury .. ................................. 1.25
467 Control of Red-Gall in Cranberries ................ ........... 1.25
567 Miscellaneous Thoughts on Cranberry Insects . .......... ........... .. 1.25
1167 Cranberry Pollination ................... .. ..... .. . . 1.25
1267 Frost Forecasting in Bandon, Oregon ........................ 1.50
168 Die Back of Cranberry in Wisconsin .................... ..... ...... 1.25
268 Control of Fairy Ring Disease . ............................ 1.25
368 Cranberry Varieties in Nova Scotia .. ....................... 1.25
368a Wisconsin Cranberry Research Report .. . ............ ...... .. .1.25
468 Nitrogen Fertilization and Cranberries . ..... ... ............... 1.75
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THE NATIONAL CRANBERRY MAGAZINE
Volume 46, No. 1 January 1982
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1981 production
lower than 80
The 1981 crop of cranberries during harvest. Few berries were
in the U.S. is expected to total lost to frost damage, although
2.7 million barrels, 1 percent less more than the usual amount was
than the 1980 crop. water harvested. Size, especially
During October, prospects of Early Blacks, was small.
held steady in Massachusetts The USDA's three year
and Wisconsin but declined 4 comparison follows:
percent each in New Jersey, Massachusetts-1979, 1,080,000
Oregon and Washington. barrels; 1980, 1,185,000; 1981,
Berry size was reported to 1,180,000.
be good in Wisconsin but smaller New Jersey-1979, 253,000;
than normal in New Jersey. 1980, 245,000; 1981, 220,000. MICHAEL J. SHEA has been
The above report was made Oregon-1979, 94,500; 1980, promoted to corporate controller
by the USDA's New England Crop 83,500; 1981,96,000. of Ocean Spray Cranberries.
and Livestock Reporting Service. Washington-1979, 147,000; Shea joined the cooperative as
The 1981 Massachusetts 1980, 104,000; 1981, 127,000. internal auditor in '78 and most
cranberry crop is expected to Wisconsin-1979, 901,000; recently was assistant corporate
total 1,180,000 barrels, the
sameas the October 1 forecast
same as the October 1 forecast
1980, 1,080,000; 1981, 1,035,000.
Tell your grower friends about
controller. Before joining Ocean
Spray, he held senior accountingpositions with Touche oss &
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the record high 1980 crop. Sells.
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happy about the nation's 47 fruit have potential for increasing buyers.
and vegetable marketing orders, economic efficiency by stabilizing (continued on page 12)
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"Four provisions of market-* T n
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Thanks for freedom
Appraisals
The plight of a young woman in the Soviet Union may seem DOU A R AT
remote from the concerns of a cranberry grower in the U.S. but
their lives are such striking opposites that chords of a dark, miasmic E. Sandwich, Mass
nature must be stirred in the grower's mind, reminding him of what 02537
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at Brandeis University. Soviet authorities won't grant her an exit
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How foreign and evil this must seem to the average grower,
whose life is, in many respects, a symbol of freedom. He had the VOLUME 46-NO.
freedom to choose his vocation. He has the freedom to buy or Jorreondene
sell his acreage. To profit from the fruits of his labors. He has P Box 249
the freedom to sell his bogs in Massachusetts and buy some in P Bo 4
Washington if he wants. The Russian citizen is required to have Cobalt CT 06414
the approval of his government if he wants to move from Moscow Phone: (203) 342-4730
to Leningrad. The cranberry grower can choose to join a cooperative Bob Taylor, Publisher/Editor
or go it alone. He can even choose to give it all up and go to the ADVISORS, CORRESPONDENTS
Soviet Union and nobody is going to say, No, you can't do that. MASSACHUSETTS-Dr. Chester E.
No, you don't have to be a jingoist, or even to like Al Haig, ross, Director, Retired, Massachuetts
Cranberry Experiment Station; Irving
to hope intensely that the Russian people-who, like all people, Demoranville, Extension Cranberry
are fine, fine people-one day will shout, "Enough" and remove Specialist, Mass. Cranberry Station;
~~~~~~~~~~~~their~Carolynchains. Caldwell, Rochester.
~NEW'
~~~their ~~c~~hain~~s~~. JERSEY-Philip E.Marucci,
Cranberry and Blueberry Specialist,
(As we were going to press, there were reports that the Soviets Cranberry and Blueberry Laboratory,
might allow Ms. Alekseyeva to leave, which only goes to prove that Chatsworth; Elizabeth M Carpenter,
while Soviet authorities may never be moved by right, justice or NOVA SCOTIA-I.V. Hall, Botanist,
principle, they can be swayed by an outraged and horrified world Research tation, Kentville.
public opinion.) OREGON-Arthur Poole, Coos
County Extension Agent, Coquille.
WASHINGTON-Azmi Y. Shawa,
OCEAN SPRAY NAMES Van de Kamps Frozen Foods, will Horticulturist and Extension Agent in
include Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Horticulture, Coastal Wash. Res. and
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Mark Leoni and Richard W. Murray Mfg. Co., will cover the Mid-Central Joan E. Humphrey, Friendship.
recently were named regional sales Region, which includes Kansas City,
managers by Ocean Spray Cranberries. St. Louis, Denver, Des Moines, Omaha CRANBERRIES is published monthly
Culbert, who comes to Ocean and Sioux Falls. by the Taylor Publishing Co., Wellwyn
Spray from the Joan of Arc Co. in Murray joined Ocean Spray in '79 Drive, Portland CT 06480. Second
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Crosses pick bog over
being 'out to pasture'
THE DRS. CROSS peruse a much leafed copy of-what else?-Gray's
"Manual of Botany." (CRANBERRIES photo by Carolyn Caldwell)
By CAROLYN CALDWELL
Retirement for Dr. Chester
"Chet" Cross, longtime director
of the Massachusetts Cranberry
Experiment Station, has not
meant the end of his growing
seasons.
Far from it.
For the Cross family as a
whole, involvement with the
cranberry industry has meant
more even than Chet's leading
role as professor and director
of the experiment facility in
East Wareham. Last season,
nine family members, including
three sons, three daughters-in-
law and three grandchildren,
traveled from Bolivia, Los Angeles
and Philadelphia to join in on the
42nd harvest of what Chet refers
to as "my wife's bog."
The Cross sons-Peter, Chris
and Tim-supervised the dry
picking of their mother's 7 acre
bog in Sandwich.
Chet's wife, Shirley, the Ocean
Spray member of the family, said:
"(The boys) keep the picking
machines running all day nonstop.
All they want to know is what's
for supper.
"My wife's bog" has provided
Dr. Cross with bountiful amounts
of anecdotal material for the
captivating talks he gives on the
industry.
"We experiment on it, too;
especially some of the more
fantastic ideas" Shirley said.
When Shirley first acquired
the bog, which is situated 2 miles
from the Cross home in Sandwich,
it was pumped by a 1.5 hp
Fairbanks-Morse one cylinder
engine that made loud BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM noises.
"Each flywheel weighed 400
pounds" Shirley said. "It was a
make and break system . . . and it
was mostly break. It's marvelous not
having to sit up with the thing
all night."
Now modernized, the bog
today is equippedwaith electric
pumps and an electronic
temperature alarm wired into a
nearby cranberry grower's home.
COMMENTING on the modern P B
cranberry industry, Chet is quick
to remind growers that while "it
has all come up roses for the last
four years, for the prior 34 years
we produced more than we could
sell."
Director of the Cranberry
Experiment Station from 1952
to 1981, Chet says the station's
continuing role should be "to
improve the agricultural
technology of cranberry
cultivation" while making
certain that that technology is
not injurious to the enviroment.
As for his own accomplishments
while director, he modestly
extends credit to his "topnotch
staff." And he compliments his
wife for "keeping me from making
mistakes."
"Her qualifications are the
same as mine" Chet says.
His PhD is in biology, Shirley "CHET" as his friends call him, makes an emphatic point.
has one in botany. (CRANBERRIES photo by Carolyn Caldwell)
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for a decade. SEVERAL THINGS are clear
Four years ago, she organized about the Crosses' future. One is
a group of cranberry growers' that they'll continue working their
wives to stage a cranberry exhibit bog. Another is that Chet will
in the Massachusetts building at remain a major voice in agriculture
the Eastern States Exposition in and the cranberry industry. And
Springfield, Mass. Shirley already is making plans
"It's awfully hard for cranberry for next season's Expo.
people to put up an exhibit there As for traveling (they've been
when they are all harvesting" to Nepal, Ireland and Eastern
Shirley said. "I got together with Europe), a big adventure lies
Jean Gibbs. Then we got funding ahead. Thanks to a retirement
from all' the handlers." gift by the Cape Cod Cranberry
"Someone has to be a spark-Growers Assn. of two round trip
plug and there's no sparkplug tickets, they'll be heading for La
like my wife" Chet commented. Paz, Brazil, where they'll visit son
According to Shirley, a million Peter and his family.
people file past the cranberry The trip probably will take --! -i exhibit
at the Expo every season. place at the end of the rainy
More common than any single season in March, a good time for
query she gets, she says, are hiking and seeing the Andean flora, WALTER A. HEPNER JR has
remarks by the visitors about say Chet and Shirley. R A. H R J hs
the medicinal benefits of drinking been promoted to senior vice
cranberry juice. Although the Subscribe to president, manufacturing by
industry hasn't promoted this CRANBERRIES-Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc.
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IF ANYONE is qualified to C I
look into a crystal ball and see ,_
the future of the cranberry
industry, it is Chet.
He says: "It seems to me the
future of the industry still is in ~ the
hands of the cranberry
growers. This is precisely what E
Marcus Urann (first president of
Cranberry Canners, forerunner 5 ---. .. .. =
of Ocean Spray) wanted it to Credit. .. Plus!
be .. grower control of the
crop until it hits the market,
grower control through coop-A
eration ... it seems to me the ^ l
future is bright."
In agricultural production, cran-I
berries are second only to apples n v es
in Massachusetts.
"We used to jockey back and requires solid financing ... and that's our spe
forth with apples" Chet remarked. cialty. Credit for equipment, land, buildings . all
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~a.~ McMillan said nearly 71 percent
Cape Cod growers
Increase asessmens
The board of directors of the
Cape Cod Cranberry Growers
Assn. voted at its recent meeting
to increase the membership
assessment from 2 to 3 cents
per barrel.
"Association expenses in
general have increased gradually
so that our funds have eroded
to a dangerous level" said Clark
Griffith, president. "Increases
have been felt in the frost warning
service, the annual meeting,
postage and other general
expenses."
Douglas Beaton agreed to head
the advisory committee.
A constitution and bylaw
study committee was appointed
to look at the bylaws which last
wereto , which lst
look at the b
were printed in 1939.
The board expressed concern
about the future financing of the
cranberries exhibit at the Spring-
field Exposition, since probably
matching funds from the state
no longer will be available.
"We need to have more money
to insure a continued solid finan-
cial base for the promotional
effort" says Griffith.
Dr. Bert Zuckerman presented
a report on his studies of new
fungicides and ice nucleation,
which indicated that fruit rot
and possibly frost injury may be
reduced.
MARKETING ORDER
BACKED BY
ORANGE GROWERS
California and Arizona navel
orange growers have voted over-
whelmingly to continue the federal
marketing order which covers the
handling of their crop, reports
U.S. Assistant Secretary of Agri^"^^^
A 4w4s'a
of all eligible growers voted in a
USDA referendum Oct. 14-24. About
91 percent of the producers-account-
ing for 81 percent of the navel orange
rendum-wanted the order
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factor in determining yield, color and
November 30, 1981-The end of a facrif berini This makes it another cold autumn
career. Drr. Chester E.. Cross officially
retired after 40 years of service, 29 of
those years as head of the Cranberry
Experiment Station. 3
What can one say when writing
about a man that you have known and i 5
worked with for 30 years; including a ve Fi
sharing hotel rooms at meetings,
sharing rides in cars, airplanes, trains
and buses, having innumerable lunches
together and the million and one ^ A E VE
other things that come up in the daily =T
routine?
He is a friend of the cranberry
grower; in fact, a friend to all
agriculture. Although he has been
called "a tool of the chemical
th o
cad "a to Drag Line, Clam Shell, Pembroke, Mass.
companies" by unknowing critics, g Pembroke, Mass.
he is an avid outdoorsman and lover Land Clearing, Water 293-2976
of the environment. He knows what Holes Dug
the environment is all about.
On countless occasions, he has
told about the number of baby ducks
in his bog reservoir, the number of
eggs in a quail nest by the bog, the
various birds at his feeder by his
kitchen window and how the patch
of lady's-slippers in his pine grove
has increased over the years. MB l ^
Dr. Chester Cross is all of these t rl J
and much more but I think it is best
summed up by saying-He is my friend.
**** ROBERT NIEMI
The USDA crop estimate for Nov. 1
shows Massachusetts holding at 1,180,-ELECTRICAL CONT RACTORS
000 barrels. This is the same as the
August and October estimates and is
probably a little high, perhaps by HEAT, LIGHT and POWER WIRING
50-60,000 barrels. All other producing
areas were down slightly, except for RESIDENTIAL i
Wisconsin, which remained the same.
Washington
Wasgtn · COMMERCIAL
By AZMI Y. SHAWA
Heavy bloom in June and excellent * INDUSTRIAL
fruit set in July were perfect indicators
for a bumper crop in Washington State. TEL. 295-1880
In June, bogs were drenched with
abnormal precipitation of 6.67 inches, Robert Niemi Pinehurst Dr. Wareham, Mass.
compared to an average of 2.69 inches ________
for us, now four in succession and order, by: headed by USDA staff economist
eight of the past 10. Maximum 1-Pack and container Richard Heifner, examined market-
temperature was 68 degrees on the standardization. ing orders in light of changes that
2nd and minimum was 20 degrees 2-Grade, size and maturity have occurred recently in economic
on the 24th. The only warmer than standards, particularly those that conditions and philosophy.
average days were the 2nd through remain essentially the same from The team's report addresses the
6th and the 9th. Colder than year to year. likely effects of four major options:
average days were the 7th, 10th, 12th-4-Prorate regulations controlling 1-Continuing the programs as
16th, 21st-26th and 28th-30th. rate of flow during only part of the they are.
Precipitation, all in the form of season and reserve pools that are 2-Eliminating them but not
rain, totaled 4.73 inches, which is used for storing commodities for substituting new federal programs.
just a little above normal. There was later return to the market. 3-Replacing them with other
precipitation on 10 days with 2.94 4-Market allocation and full programs designed to overcome some
inches occurring from the 14th-17th season prorate provisions. of the same marketing problems.
as the greatest storm. We are now 5-Provisions that allot market 4-Changing individual marketing
4/4 inches below normal for 1981 shares among producers. orders to focus on those provisions
but 71/4 inches ahead of 1980. The five member review team, which contribute most to efficiency
I.E.D.
NOVA SCOTIA
The first major frost of the season
occurred on the evening of Oct. 12.
WISCONSIN CRANBERRYWISCONSIN CRANBERR
The month was characterized by cool,
wet weather, in contrast to the warm,
dry weather of September. Early
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indications pointed to a substantially *
EVITAL * SOLO · DIOUATA I
increased production of cranberries
.. ^ c• •.01in Nova Scotia in '81. 2-4-D * DOWPON * ETHREL
We were still green in early SEVIN * PARATHION · GUTHION * DIAZINON
November in Nova Scotia but we had K OCI D E * F O LIT A N F E R B A M
several frosty mornings. Harvesting COPPER SULFATE PR I NCEP
operations were nearly complete.The
color of fresh berries was good but Cole Chemical Supply
the market was slow.
The minimum temperature for DIVISION OF -Opkins AGRICUL TURAL CHEMICAL CO
October was -4.0 Celius (28 F) on P. BX 721 MADISON WISCONSIN 53707
the 31st. The total precipitation for 608-2 2
the month was 156.2 mm, considerably 608 221
more than the 50 year average of 98.3.
l.V.H.
BLOCK CITES... M. C.
(continued from page 3)
He said the report also indicates,
' Speciiing in° "^B^ Specializing in
however, that if marketing orders Agricultural Construction
limit quantities of commodities in
one or more outlets, they may Fumes
impose inefficiencies on the
production and marketing system.
Block said he will soon
announce guidelines for existing
^ CanalsCanalsLand ClearingLand ClearingSanSandingWater holes
and future federal fruit, vegetable MERT HOWES Ditch
and specialty crop orders, then 295-5542 Dikes
evaluate each order on a case-by-Grading
case basis. 619 COUNTY ROAD
THE TEAM'S REPORT describes W. WAREHAM MASS
research provisions of marketing
orders as the most likely to contribute 02576
to economic efficiency.
This is followed, in descending l
12
and productivity. used to finance research to improve Copies of the report are available
The report said marketing order production and marketing, as well as from the AMS Information Division,
provisions that allocate products to market development activities and Room 2638-S, USDA, Washington,
markets or regulate the flow of crops advertising. D.C. 20250.
to market throughout the season have
little positive effect on overall economic
efficiency and may actually have a
negative impact. However, the report
said, these provisions, "when used J I;p
infrequently... may be justified EI ER EARTHMOVING INC.
as a 'safety-valve' to protect growers
from disastrously low prices."
Provisions that allot market shares
among producers are generally the
most likely to detract from economic
efficiency, according to the report,
"although even these provisions may "We're Best on Earth"
carry some stabilization benefits." AT
Marketing orders are designed
jointly by USDA's Agricultural Bog Construction
Marketing Service and affected
producers to help overcome specific Land Clearing
marketing problems. Marketing Canal Work
orders may regulate the quality and Flume Setting
sizes of the commodity marketed, the
quantity, or both. Unlike many Pond Construction
government regulations imposed on Contact: Ditching
industries, the orders are put into Peter K. Meier
effect or eliminated only following 63 South Street
a referendum of affected producers, Halifax, MA 02338 Grower references available
notes the USDA. (617) 293-3218 Equipped with swamp mats
Assessments that handlers pay are
AUTHORIZED AGWAY REPRESENTATIVE
LICENSED SPRAYING OF PESTICIDES (Seasonal)
WITH A COMPLETE LINE OF:
CRANBERRY INSECTICIDES * FUNGICIDES
HERBICIDES * MITICIDES * and FERTILIZERS
IN STOCK!
ROBERT A. ALBERGHINI -SPRAYING
RFD 5 PLYMOUTH STREET, CARVER, MASS. 02330
TELEPHONE: 866-4429
For further information, call evenings after 5:30
CRANBERRY-CHEESE
Ridge Dr., Wareham, Mass., THE 1981 OCEAN SPRAY Salute to American Food Award was
won best of show at the presented recently by Patrick M. McCarthy (second from left),
Massachusetts Cranberry group vice president/operations. Holding their awards are, left
Festival in the category to right, Larry Forgione, executive chef, the River Cafe, Brooklyn,
titled "Any Other Imaginative N.Y.; Christian DeVos, executive chef, Jared Coffee House,
Way of Using Cranberries in Nantucket, Mass., and Charles A. Bell, executive vice president,
Everyday Cookery." Hilton International. The presentation followed an All-American
CRUST dinner prepared by the honorees and several other American chefs.
/2cup soft margarine
4 ounces softened cream cheese 2 NAMED TO POSTS
11/4 cups flour
WITH M.I.S. DIVISION
Cut cheese and margarine into flour Mix together relish and cheese; place
until well-blended; chill for 30 minutes. one teaspoon of filling on each circle Warren Godfrey and Tom Modestino
On floured board, roll out very thin of dough; fold over, wet edge, and have been named to new positions
and cut into 3 inch circles or squares. seal together with a fork. Bake on within the Management Information
FILLING ungreased cookie sheet at 450 Systems (M.I.S.) division at Ocean
V/2cup shredded cheddar cheese degrees for 12 minutes, or until Spray Cranberries.
1 cup commercial cranberry-orange brown. Makes approximately 18 Godfrey, who joined the coopera
relish cpcmcanapes. tive more than 14 years ago as a
computer programmer, has been
promoted to manager, technical support.
Modestino, who joined Ocean Spray
. I after heading up the M.I.S. department4':::.llft^ /II ,^ ~~(' of the Cambridge Medical Productions
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